From my opinion, I think there isn’t any need to stake or risk one’s money on a game simply because you want to catch fun when you could simply not risk your money and still have fun while watching same game.
You might be right here when you said there are other ways to have fun without risking money, but I must say it is a different case and ways to have fun when there’s money involved, since gambling with your money has always a tight chance to win something back, beside all the adrenaline rushes every time you set a bet and wait for the outcome.
For people who risk in gambling thinks they will make profit in long term, those people end up addicted or face bad losses, as they always chase their losses thinking they will make it all back with one jackpot hit or win the lottery, 99% or more of these people won’t win anything, and end up in a circle, risking more and losing even more. Without much education and knowledge about gambling, you may face very unwanted side effects.
Finally, even if gambling is fun and different than other activities, it is very important for us to be careful and never spend and risk the money we need, entering or depositing in a casino with a mindset of winning is very wrong, we should always except losses.
people do unbelievable things when they get desperate, especially when they are faced with financial problems, when they realize that they don't have enough money to pay bills every month, so they get desperate, take out loans or steal money. but they also start playing in casinos or betting houses and every time their accounts get tight, they get more desperate and increase the amount of money they usually gamble, for example, this story I read today when I was searching for a certain news item.
By now, the couple had a baby on the way, and looking after the baby would leave his wife reliant on money from social welfare, leaving them an income down. On top of this, and unbeknownst to his wife, a lot of Tony’s income was tied up in loan repayments to settle the debt he had accrued. The pressure mounted, and this was when he rationalised his next actions: “That’s when I started to steal.”
source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1hNf8MNX32YTmzXfvT88JWr/i-stole-1-75-million-to-fund-my-gambling-addictionthe guy had a job that paid little salary, and from what I've observed in all the time I've been involved in gambling, most cases of people who become addicted are because they make money, but they see that what they earn is In the real world, whether it's salary or business, it wasn't enough to pay bills, they start playing for fun, in the beginning they are responsible people who manage money well. The problem starts the day they win at games of chance and realize that they have won almost or more money in relation to their salary, so they start playing to earn money. That's why, in my opinion, people who have financial problems shouldn't play, people with emotional problems shouldn't play.
